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BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
Ernest K. Cuyegkeng
Oscar J. Hilado
Jose C. Ibazeta
Alberto G. Romualdez, Jr., MD
Andres Soriano III
Eduardo J. Soriano
Narcisa M. Villaflor
OFFICERS
Andres Soriano III
Chairman
Eduardo J. Soriano
President
Narcisa M. Villaflor
Treasurer
Atty. Joshua L. Castro
Corporate Secretary
Lemia Liguaton-Simbulan
Executive Director
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Message from the
Chairman and the President
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Now on its 39th founding anniversary, the Andres Soriano Foundation has more reasons to celebrate life and be thankful.
We are grateful for our project partners, people’s organizations and various community structures who helped sustain all our projects and activities in the various barangays and municipalities of northeastern Palawan.
Well worth mentioning are the outstanding performance of our pre-school projects in seven barangays, the conscious and deliberate efforts of fisher folk groups towards coastal resource protection, the successful livelihood activities of countless individuals and families and their continuing support to health and family improvement activities.
Being the only corporate foundation with a very focused program in the fight against cancer, we are also grateful to an ever-growing list of institutional partners who continue to support our cause and empathize with those bravely fighting the Big C. We are humbled by the courage of our cancer patients who continually inspire us – we remain firmly resolved to join them in their fight, in their journey from their lowest pain-filled moments to their triumphant recovery.
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We celebrate another five years as an NGO with Donee Institution status from the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, proof of good governance, transparency and commitment to excellence. The Bureau of Internal Revenue has subsequently issued ASF a certificate as a registered Donee Institution, allowing donors of your Foundation to claim tax deductions in accordance with the provisions of BIR Revenue Regulations No. 13-98.
We have reason to celebrate and be thankful that both past and present donors continue their philanthropic initiatives, entrusting their resources to your Foundation to implement their chosen charities and projects. It humbles and honors us to be their conduit by which social responsibility is manifested.
Your Foundation’s Board of Trustees took a bold step towards ensuring the financial sustainability of ASF with the setting up of a substantial endowment fund to support your Foundation’s operations in the coming years. We also hold in esteem our personnel and staff whose commitment to community development work is beyond question.
Moving on to our 40th year is a celebration in itself, but much has yet to be done in the service of all our defined publics. We resolve not to rest on our laurels and instead, be steadfast in our commitment to enable people to help themselves and see their lives improve.
We thank all of you for allowing us to touch your life through our work. In behalf of the Andres Soriano Foundation, maraming salamat!
ANDRES SORIANO III
Chairman
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EDUARDO J. SORIANO
President
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